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#67104 10/12/2006 6:21 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 | My '58 3600 vin no. begins with V. I am told this means it left the factory with a V8 motor ( a 283..?) How would I know what tranny it came with?
'58 3600 350/4-sp/stepside/big window cab
'59 3100 235/4-sp/stepside
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#67105 10/12/2006 6:25 AM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 | the full vin no. is V3E58L112550. Does this help?
'58 3600 350/4-sp/stepside/big window cab
'59 3100 235/4-sp/stepside
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#67106 10/12/2006 2:41 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | V = v8 [yes, woulda been a 283 in 58]
3E = 3/4T
58 = 1958
L = assembled in LosAngeles
112550 = the 12,550th made [sequence #'s start w/ 100001]
the only trans indication would be in the engine number, or in what's visible on the truck - the 4spd was standard and the floor pan for it has a hump [as does the automatic floor pan], the 3spd floor pan is flat - 3spd would have the shift box on the lower steering column, 4spd not
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#67107 10/13/2006 4:36 PM | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 125 | thanks Bill..
does this mean that the 3spd was "on the tree" only? so am I correct in thinking that unless the truck has the original motor there is no way of knowing for sure what the original tranny was? if so how do you know if the truck has the original motor (are they numbered to match the vin as in later year cars)??
'58 3600 350/4-sp/stepside/big window cab
'59 3100 235/4-sp/stepside
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#67108 10/14/2006 3:51 AM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | yes the 3spd was column shift only, the 4 spd floor shift - if it was a 3spd it'll prolly have the shift knuckle still on the column below the steering wheel, the box on the lower column, and the flat trans-floor cover - the 4spd will have the holes for the knuckle in the top of the column, filled w/ the screws, but no box below and a floor pan with a definite hump only way to tell if the engine is [likely] original is to check the casting numbers and dates , the actual engine number [on a pad by the dist] can indicate year, but doesn't relate to the vin - 50 year old engines usually have been worked over or replaced sometime along the way unless you luck onto a low mileage truck Bill | | |
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